http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment
Location:
Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London,
SW7 2AZ
<http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/128109-Research-Associate/location>
Posted:
January 19, 2010
Expires:
March 07, 2010
Requisition number:
NS2010008DP
Salary: £26,720 – £31,340 per annum
Fixed term for 36 months
A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the field of
femtosecond infrared spectroscopy of Photosystem II in the group of Dr.
Jasper van Thor.
The successful candidate will work with a newly commissioned laser
instrument to perform dispersive, ultrafast infrared measurements of
light induced reactions in Photosystem II. The research focuses on the
determination of vibrational dichroism for structure determination. The
instrument is based on a 70 fs, 3.5 W, 1 KHz regenerative amplifier
pumping two OPA’s with independently tuneable DFM stages. Detectors
include two 128 element MCT arrays at 7 microns and two 128 element
arrays at 15 microns.
The ultrafast spectroscopy laboratory houses three ultrafast
spectroscopy instruments for ultrafast electronic and vibrational
spectroscopies in addition to an FTIR instrument equipped with a ns YLF
laser. The van Thor group is active in the fields of both ultrafast
vibrational spectroscopy and ultrafast and time-resolved structural
biology of light induced reactions in proteins and has a fully equipped
ultrafast spectroscopy laboratory.
You will start with coordinating the commissioning of the laser system,
OPA’s and detectors and integration of the data processing software
which is outsourced. Experimental work will focus on the vibrational
dichroism of light induced reaction of Photosystem II. This work is done
in collaboration with Prof. Jim Barber.
You will hold a PhD in Physics or Chemistry or the equivalent in
professional qualifications and experience and a track record in
ultrafast spectroscopy, preferably in ultrafast infrared spectroscopy.
You should have extensive experience in using ultrafast regenerative
amplifiers and OPA’s, optics, electronics and detectors. You should also
be familiar with data acquisition procedures and Lab View, Matlab and
ray tracing software. An interest in computational Chemistry is
desirable but not essential.
Our preferred method of application is online via our website
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select “Job Search” then
enter the job title or vacancy reference number – NS2010008DP into
“Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed,
attaching a curriculum vitae, a cover letter and the name and contact
details of two referees.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Jasper van Thor
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Jasper van Thor
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Division of Molecular Biosciences
South Kensington Campus
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Phone +44-(0)20-75945071
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